Coach and bus operators · Wales

Coach companies in Cardiff

Every bus and coach operator licence (PSV) in the DVSA file dated 7 September 2026 with an operating centre in the Cardiff principal area: fleet size, licence type, earned recognition and Companies House status for each company.

Check a coach or bus company’s PSV licence before you book: 23 companies and organisations hold a PSV operator licence with an operating centre in the Cardiff principal area, plus 6 sole traders and partnerships. The largest fleet is Red & White Services Ltd, authorised for 451 vehicles.

Coach and bus companies: 23
PSV licences: 30
Vehicles on these licences: 1,066
Standard licences: 22

Coach and bus companies in Cardiff

Companies and organisations with a PSV operator licence and an operating centre in Cardiff, largest fleet first. The vehicle count is the whole licence’s authorisation; “sites here” counts its operating centres in Cardiff. Company status comes from the Companies House register.

Coach and bus companies in Cardiff
#	Operator	Sites here	Vehicles	Checks
1	Red & White Services LtdStandard International · 02555509	1	451	Earned recognitionActive
2	Cardiff City Transport Services LimitedStandard National · 02001229	1	275	Active
3	New Adventure Travel LimitedStandard International · 06507924	2	135	Active
4	Ferris Holidays LtdStandard International · 04881112	2	35	Active
5	Creigiau Travel LtdStandard International · 03268068	3	33	Active
6	Watts Coaches LtdStandard International · 07549477	1	30	Active
7	Wheadon's Group Travel LimitedStandard National · 02981620	1	19	Active
8	Apollo Minibus & Coach Hire LimitedStandard National · 05313035	1	18	Active
9	Ariam Travel LtdStandard National · 07702261	1	12	Active
10	Hats Group LtdStandard International · 03135655	1	10	Active
11	Kings Monkton School LimitedStandard National · 11676081	1	10	Active
12	Roy's Travels LimitedStandard National · 13216538	1	5	Active
13	BUS4U Travel LtdRestricted · 14057087	2	4	Active
14	Jy Travel LtdStandard National · 15957044	1	3	Active
15	Universal Trading Centre LimitedStandard International · 12708581	1	3	Active
16	Dmd Cardiff LtdStandard International · 12285436	1	2	Active
17	TAXI2CARDIFF LimitedStandard International · 12364449	1	2	Active
18	Wilson Chauffeur Services LtdRestricted · 04512554	1	2	Active
19	Duffryn Ffrwd Manor LimitedRestricted · 05769680	1	1	Active
20	Espana Cars LtdRestricted · 05760833	1	1	Active
21	Ibex Shuttle LtdRestricted · 12013995	1	1	Active
22	T J Travel (Wales) LimitedStandard National · 06327057	1	1	Active – proposal to strike off
23	The Maltings LimitedRestricted · 01365451	1	1	Active

Plus 6 PSV licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.

Where they are based

Operating-centre towns in Cardiff with a company PSV licence (number = company licences). Towns with at least 8 have their own page.

Cardiff 24
Nantgarw 1

Postcode districts

Company PSV licences by postcode district, Cardiff

Postcode district CF24:6 company licences
Postcode district CF5:5 company licences
Postcode district CF11:4 company licences
Postcode district CF15:4 company licences
Postcode district CF23:2 company licences
Postcode district CF3:1 company licences
Postcode district CF10:1 company licences
Postcode district CF14:1 company licences

Licence types and fleet sizes

63% of the 30 PSV licences here authorise five vehicles or fewer; the median is 3. A restricted PSV licence covers two vehicles at most, and 9 to 16 seat vehicles only outside a passenger transport business: a full-size coach firm needs a standard licence.

PSV licences in Cardiff by type

Standard National PSV12 40%
Standard International PSV10 33%
Restricted PSV8 27%

PSV licences in Cardiff by vehicles authorised

1 vehicles:9 licences
2 vehicles:5 licences
3–5 vehicles:5 licences
6–10 vehicles:2 licences
11–25 vehicles:3 licences
26–50 vehicles:3 licences
51–100 vehicles:0 licences
100+ vehicles:3 licences

Before you book a coach in Cardiff

Anyone who runs a vehicle for hire or reward that can carry 9 or more passengers needs a PSV operator licence (GOV.UK). Ask the company for its licence number, open its page here and check that the licence is valid and that the vehicles you need fit its authorisation.

DVSA file 7 Sep 2026Source: DVSA operator licence data, file dated 7 September 2026, read 30 September 2026. We last checked DVSA for a newer file on 7 October 2026. How we read it

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Company status: Companies House register. Contains Companies House data. County lookup: ONS Postcode Directory (August 2026). Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026.